Siemens delivered 3,000 personal masks to Sudan’s Ministry of Health last month to assist in the battle against Covid-19, the company’s latest humanitarian investment initiative aimed at improving living standards

A court in Kenya has found two men guilty of helping Islamist militants attack a shopping mall in 2013. Militants burst into the luxury Westgate shopping centre in Kenya’s capital,

Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Momodou Tangara, has said that the federal government of Nigeria saved his country’s judiciary from collapse. Tangara disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he

The Nigerian government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into a report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) that revealed N2.67bn (about $6.5m) school feeding funds

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted wide-ranging sanctions imposed on Mali following the military coup on August 18. The move by Africa’s regional body comes following

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated he will present the 2021 budget at a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, October 8, 2020. The Nigerian leader made his

Ethiopia’s civil aviation authority has banned all flights over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River Nile, for security reasons. Ethiopia sees the $4.8bn Grand

Ethiopia’s civil aviation authority has banned all flights over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River Nile, for security reasons. Ethiopia sees the $4.8bn Grand

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has asked the Federal Government to call Chevron Nigeria Limited to order and halt moves to lay off thousands of Nigerian employees. In

Sudan’s transitional authorities and a rebel alliance have signed a crucial peace deal that aims to put an end to the country’s decades-long civil wars. Saturday’s official signing, which took

The Nigerian Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described the journalism profession in the country as a sinking ship and attributed its fall to series of unprofessional conducts of Journalists. Lawan

A lawmaker in Nigeria’s parliament Senator Smart Adeyemi has faulted the United States stance that the Gubernatorial elections conducted in Kogi and Bayelsa States in November 2019 were rigged. Adeyemi

Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has blamed the country’s organised labour leaders for truncating a planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol prices and electricity

Nigeria’s inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) from undertaking routine patrols

Pending the return of a bullish run in the capital market, Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is set to list no fewer than four privatised firms on the market.

In a major political development fuelled by power intrigues and permutations, President Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters are considering backing former President Goodluck Jonathan for a 2023 presidential run. The thinking is

In what is certain to put more pressure on the President Muhammadu Buhari government, the highly respected General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye,

Government at all levels in Nigeria have been asked to desist from negotiating with kidnappers and criminals in the country. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, stated this in Lokoja the

Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on Africa’s most populous country Nigeria to stay united despite the challenges of insecurity, lower economic growth and other issues it

A spokesman to the Nigerian president claims that enormous progress has been made in minimizing the threat of terrorism, especially in major cities which were previously vulnerable to attacks. Garba